CVE-2025-21042
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Apr-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 36% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
samsung: android
References
- https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2025&month=04 Vendor Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/landfall-is-new-commercial-grade-android-sp… Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025… US Government Resource